>be 400 pound fat fuck
>decide to lose weight because friends are genuinely concerned
>now only 200 pounds
>old guy who occasionally walks my same route notices
>congratulates me
>Feels pretty good
>like a week later see a different old fellow on the path
>“You’re the fella who lost all that weight ain’tcha?”
>Genuinely makes my day

Why the fuck didn’t I do this years ago?

  • BruceTwarzen@kbin.social
    11·
    10 months ago

    I was never fat or overweight, but i can’t even imagine how hard it has to be. I’m always so happy when i see people drop weight. But with my friends it’s more the other way around, everyone seems to get bigger and bigger.

    • Monkey With A Shell@lemmy.socdojo.com
      3·
      10 months ago

      Funny thing is, it can be hard to know you are. What you see everyday is just ‘normal’ rather than over or underweight. I’m 6’ + and at one point scraped near 300, but didn’t notice anything off until I got to needing a 40" waist for jeans and noticing being a bit tired going over a small hill to the office. Self perception is sneaky like that. Never was the giant size that some get to, but even then I might expect similar ‘this is normal’ might apply.